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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 2008Columbia County, Iowa County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT for Columbia County, Iowa County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2008, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Columbia County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 2:45 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 S Baraboo, WIRELAY FROM SAUK COUNTY SHERRIFF...REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT. FUNNEL CAME DOWN AND THEN WENT BACK INTO THE CLOUDS.
Jun 7, 3:15 PM CDTTORNADO2 Sw Plain, WITORNADO REPORTED TO BE BRIEFLY ON THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMKX 071946
TORMKX
WIC021-049-111-072045-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0017.080607T1945Z-080607T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
245 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF BLACKHAWK LAKE RECREATION AREA...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 33 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACKHAWK LAKE RECREATION AREA BY 255 PM
  CDT...
  SPRING GREEN BY 325 PM CDT...

THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF ROTATING STORMS IN SAUK COUNTY THAT COULD 
PRODUCE A TORNADO AS THEY MOVE INTO WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY.  

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

LAT...LON 4323 9032 4319 9020 4345 9021 4365 8999
      4364 8928 4324 8977 4324 8981 4321 8984
      4301 9042 4312 9044 4320 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 247DEG 29KT 4311 9053

$$

CRAVEN
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 071958
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
257 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC021-049-111-072045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2045Z/
COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-IOWA WI-
257 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN IOWA...SAUK AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.  THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WISC DELLS ARPT(KDLL)
TO 7 MILES WEST OF AVOCA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BARABOO TO
13 MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST BARABOO AND AVOCA BY 305 PM CDT...
  BARABOO BY 315 PM CDT...
  LONE ROCK AIRPORT BY 320 PM CDT...  
  SPRING GREEN AND LELAND BY 325 PM CDT...
  DEVILS LAKE STATE PARK AND PLAIN BY 330 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4323 9032 4319 9020 4345 9021 4365 8999
      4364 8928 4324 8977 4324 8981 4321 8984
      4301 9042 4312 9044 4320 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 248DEG 33KT 4353 8970 4316 9043

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072008
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
308 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC021-049-111-072045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2045Z/
COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-IOWA WI-
308 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN IOWA...SAUK AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.  THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF 
PORTAGE TO AVOCA...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LELAND...DEVILS LAKE STATE PARK...DEVILS LAKE ST PARK AND LONE ROCK
  AIRPORT BY 315 PM CDT...
  LONE ROCK AIRPORT BY 320 PM CDT...  
  SPRING GREEN AND PLAIN BY 325 PM CDT...
  MERRIMAC AND PRAIRIE DU SAC BY 345 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4323 9032 4319 9021 4341 9020 4365 8979
      4364 8928 4324 8977 4324 8981 4321 8984
      4301 9042 4320 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 251DEG 32KT 4353 8954 4320 9029

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072025
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC021-049-111-072045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2045Z/
COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-IOWA WI-
325 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN IOWA...SAUK AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 315 PM CDT...A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO JUST
SOUTHWEST OF PLAIN MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST. 

AT 325 PM CDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS REPORTED. 
THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM PORTAGE TO LONE ROCK ARPT(KLNR)...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
PORTAGE TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 37
MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRIMAC...PRAIRIE DU SAC AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAUK CITY BY 345
  PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4323 9032 4319 9021 4341 9020 4365 8979
      4364 8928 4324 8977 4324 8981 4321 8984
      4301 9042 4320 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 251DEG 32KT 4357 8938 4324 9013

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072032
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
332 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC021-049-111-072045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2045Z/
COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-IOWA WI-
332 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN IOWA...SAUK AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS.  THESE TORNADO PRODUCING
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF 
PORTAGE TO DEVILS LAKE STATE PARK TO PLAIN TO AVOCA...MOVING EAST AT 
31 MPH.

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PLAIN...LONE ROCK AIRPORT BY 340 PM CDT...  
  SPRING GREEN BY 345 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4323 9032 4319 9021 4330 9020 4363 8970
      4365 8966 4363 8929 4324 8978 4318 8992
      4302 9042 4320 9044
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 249DEG 27KT 4345 8943 4342 8972
          4328 9009 4316 9029

$$

BORGHOFF
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 072041
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
339 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC049-072049-
/O.CAN.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2045Z/
IOWA WI-
339 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN IOWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4330 9020 4365 8966 4363 8929 4324 8978
      4324 8981 4318 8991 4320 8996 4319 9006
      4322 9019 4321 9016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 249DEG 27KT 4347 8936 4344 8965
          4330 9002 4318 9022

$$

WIC021-111-072045-
/O.CON.KMKX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080607T2045Z/
COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-
339 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR SAUK AND
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 337 PM CDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS REPORTED. 
THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTAGE TO DEVILS LAKE STATE PARK TO PLAIN
TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLAIN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTAGE TO BARABOO TO 16 MILES WEST OF PRAIRIE DU
SAC TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH.

THE LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4330 9020 4365 8966 4363 8929 4324 8978
      4324 8981 4318 8991 4320 8996 4319 9006
      4322 9019 4321 9016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 249DEG 27KT 4347 8936 4344 8965
          4330 9002 4318 9022

$$

GEHRING

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 12:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more39 hr
Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk40 min
Jun 7, 1:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette67 min
Jun 7, 1:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Marquette, Sauk4 hr
Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Green Lake, Marquette, Sauk60 min
Jun 7, 1:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen Lake4 hr
Jun 7, 2:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac4 hr
Jun 7, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dodge, Green Lake53 min
Jun 7, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Iowa57 min
Jun 7, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jun 7, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Green, Jefferson, Rock65 min
Jun 7, 3:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington6 hr
Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDodge, Washington65 min
Jun 7, 3:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXDane, Jefferson4 hr
Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Sauk53 min
Jun 7, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette52 min
Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha4 hr
Jun 7, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha55 min
Jun 7, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Iowa40 min
Jun 7, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee48 min
Jun 7, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXColumbia, Dane41 min
Jun 7, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington39 min
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX2 hr
Jun 7, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXMilwaukee62 min
Jun 7, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Racine, Walworth and 1 more47 min
Jun 7, 5:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXJefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha3 hr
Jun 7, 5:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk9 hr
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Racine40 min
Jun 7, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSauk59 min
Jun 7, 6:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee21 hr
Jun 7, 6:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee62 hr
Jun 7, 6:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee27 hr
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXMilwaukee67 hr
Jun 7, 6:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine5 days
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXGreen Lake, Marquette6 hr
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXWaukesha10 days
Jun 7, 6:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMKXRacine14 days

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.